Lawn mower



Feb. 5, 1929.

R. C. MILLIRON LAWN MOWER med Feb. 17, 1927 2 sheets-snee: 1

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R. C. MILLIRON LAWN MOWER Filed Feb. 17, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Feb. A5, 1,929. a y

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Y RAYMOND QMILLIRON, or DEWEY, OKLAHOMA.

LAWN Mowim Application med February 17, 1927. Serial No. 169,101.A

This invention relates Ato lawn mowers and it consists lof the construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated inthe ,accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a top' plan view of a lawny mower constructed in `accordance with my invention,

Figure 2 is a view in side elevation of the `lawn mower,

Figure Bis aflongitudinal sectional Viewl The lawn mower comprises side bars 1 pivoted intermediate` their endsl to anv axle:

2 to which ground wheels 3 are fixed. Arms 4 are secured to and depend from the front ends of the side bars l, and ar'erprovi'ded with inturned lower ends 5 to which the cutting mechanism is secured. This mechanism comprises a linger bar 7 which is secured to the ends 5 of the arms 4 and to which guard fingers 8 are secured, and a cutter bar 9 which is slidably mounted `on the finger` bar and to which blades l10 are secured. The

- finger bar 7 is provided at its ends with slices 11, and the cutter bar 9 is provided at one end kwith an eye 10a. A shaft l2 is j ournaled'in bearings 13 secured to the inner side of one of the side bars 1 in advance of the ground wheels 3. The shaft 12 is pro'- vided at its rear end with a bevel pinion 14 which meshes with a bevel gear 15 which is secured to the inner side of the adjacent ground wheel 3. A disk y16 ofA snflicienty weight to function as a balance wheel for the shaft 12, is secured to the front end of the shaft., and is provided with a wrist pin 17 to which one end of a pitmanrod 18 is connected, the other end Vof the pitman rod being connected to the eye 10 of the cutter bar 9. Rollers 19 are adjustably secured to the arms 4 to permit the height of the cutting mechanism from the ground and to permit the cutting mechanism to be supported in a plane parallelwith the sur-A to Vbe regulated n faceof the ground. The rollers 19 are jourvnale'don trunnions 20 which are carried by vertical bars 21.. These bars 21 are mountedl lfor vertical Aadjustment in sleeves 22 secured to the outer sides of the arms 4, and are 4 adapted to be ksecured in adjusted position by set screws 23. A shaft 24 extending.

transversely of the moweris journaled in bearings 2 5 secured `to the rear side of the finger bar 7, and passing about this similarly arranged shaft and a shaft 26 is an l'endless conveyor, 27. front Vof the axle'2, and is journaled in U- shaped brackets 28 secured to the inner sides ofthe side bars 1 at points forwardly and rearwardly beyond the wheels 3.r The axle 2 extends through and is journaled in the brackets `28. vThe shaft 26 is driven from the axle 2 by gears 29, one Vof which is fixed to the axle and the' other to the shaft. A basket 30 is secured to the brackets 28 'and has its front end positioned beneathl the rear end of the conveyor 27. A handle 31 is pivoted to and between the side bars 1 as at 32.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it should be apparent that when the machiner ispushed along the ground ino-A tion will be imparted to the wheels 3 and and the wheels will inturn impart motion to the cutter bar 9 and blades 10 and to the conveyor 27. The cut grass will, as the machine is advanced, fall upon the fiont end of the conveyor 27 and be lcarried by The shaft 26` is located in this conveyor/to and deposited in the basket i 30. It should also be apparent that the machine is simple, durable and inexpensive to manufacture and maintain in perfect working condition. c V l It 'should be understood that the drawings are merely illustrative and do not pretend toy give exact proportions. Furthermore, the said drawings are lillustrative of a preferred construction, it being my expectation that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from' the spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is :--a

1.y VA -lawn mower comprising ground wheels,r side bars pivoted between their ends on the axle of the ground wheels, arms dea pending from the front ends of the `side bars and provided with inturned lower ends, a cuttingmechanism secured to said inturned ends and including a reciprocal bar carrying CIK 2 p momie blades, a shaft journaled on one of said side bars for rotation by one of said wheels, and an operative connection between said shaft and cutter bar. 1

2. A lawn mower comprising ground wheels, side bars pivoted between theirends on the axle of the ground wheels, arms depending from the front ends of the side bars and provided with inturned lower ends, a cutting mechanism secured to said inturned ends and including` a reciprocal bar carrying blades, a shaft journaled on one of said side bars for rotation by one of said wheels, an operative connect-ion between said shatt and cutter bar, a shaft journaled on the cutting mechanism, a second shaft supported from said side bars and adapted to receive motion `from said axle, an endless conveyor passing about said shafts, and a basket secured to the v side bars below the rear en d of the conveyor.

3. A lawn mower comprising an axle,

ground wheels fixed to the axle, side bars pivoted on the axle, means adjustably supporting the front ends of the side bars, a

cutting mechanism secured to the front ends otx the side bars, an operative connection between one or" said ground wheels and the cutting mechanism, a shaft journaled on the cuttingl mechanism and extending transversely of the mower, U-shaped brackets secured to the inner sides of the side bars at points forwardly and rearwardly beyond the wheels and providing bearings for the axle, a shaft extending transversely of the mower and journaled in the brackets, an operative connection between saidv last shaft and the axle,'an endless conveyor' passing over said shafts, and basket carried by thevbrackets and having its'ront end disposed beneath the rear end of the conveyor.

i In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

RAYMOND C. MILLIRON 

